good evening michelle. >> larry, another day, another attempt to try to come up with a rescue plan for cyprus, today cyprus suggested that they would try to raid a pension fund, and promise to pay the workers down the road. but that idea was not liked. additionally they are trying get money from trussia. there's a deep and close relationship with russia, they are trying to come up with a deal or a bailout. so far they are empty handed. in the meantime the banks are closed. the european central bank is flying in cash so the ats have money, they can only do it for so long. they can not under insolvent banks. and two of the banks are clearly insolvent. so they have a choice of shutting down a couple of banks or leaving the euro. >> as michelle said, the big part of the story is russia. will russia rescue cyrus and their own tax laundering haven. steve is in moscow. >> reporter: yes they came to russia looking for financial support for their country after they brokered a deal in the terms of the european union. the russians have a lot of skin in the game, a huge amount of money flows betwe